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HODGE.

MACHINE FOR PARING THE EDGES OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

No! 44,688. Patented Oct, 11, 1864.

'fo aZZ w'hom it may -concern.-

Lynn, in the county of Essex, and" State of -UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

nona rto HODGES, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, AssreNon CEO-HIMSELF AND DAVID WAcnY, or SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR PAPQING'THE EDGYITNG OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part 0t'.L'etters Patent No. 44.688, dated October 11, 1864.

Be it known that I, HORATI HODGES, of

Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Rotary Gutter, or Implement for Dressing or Paringthe Edges 0t Soles and Heels ot' Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully desc'r-ibet in .the following speeifieation and represented in the acconi panying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a longitudinaFsee'tlo'n, and" Fig. 3 r'ear end View; ef it complete. v

ln the said drawings, A denotes a burr 0r cutter wheel, formed with teeth or serrations around its circumference and made-separate from-and so as to encircle a hollow shaft or tube, B,-having at one end, and next to the burr, an annular disk or'thin guide, 0. -On theexternal surface of the shaft or shank Ha screw, a, is cut, and extends from the burrto the rear end of the shaft or shank, as shown in the drawings. The shank for about half its length is e ylindi'rieahthe remainder of it being slightly tapering, as shown 21th, and sawed lengthwise, or having four or any other suitable number of saw-ker fs, e c 0 0, arranged in it in mar ne as represented in the drawings. A nut, d, is screwed on the'eylindrieal part of theshankand against the burr, and serves to eonfine'sueh burr on. the shank and against the guard or guide Q.- There is'also another nut, e, which screws on the tapering part of the shank, andlwhile being screwed thereon serves to create a lateral contraction of the shank, such as would compress it upon and fasten it to a mandrel when extending into the shank. The objectof the nute and the saw-kerfs and the tapering part of the shank is to enable the implement to he affixed to a mandrel for the purpose of being put in revolution thereby.

fteeth of the burr. At the same time the edge or periphery of the guide or 'guard 0 should be inserted in the groove, which is between the sole and the upper-leather of the boot or shoe, it being understood that my sai'd imple ment is intended for dressing or, paring the edge of an outer sole or'a heel after such sole or heel inaydiavc been fixed lo the upper of a hoot-er -elieo.. --Tl-ie --g .iide or guard, while the edge of the sole may be in the act of be ing reduced, will not only guide the burr correetly along the said edge, but will guard the upper-leather from being out or injured by the burr. The 'width and form of the outer edge of the burr may be such as circumstances may require; 135 having the burr separate from the shank such burr at any time may be re moved from-the shank and another of a difi i'crent widthor form may be applied to such shank and be used with the guard or guide.

Thus one guard or guide and one shank will the bar and the guide or guard, the wholebeing arra-n gedtogether substantially as speeified.

HOBATIO HODGES.

Witnesses I 11. P. H'ALE, Jr., GEO. 1). "NoYEs. 

